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Kodak and the Rochester chapter of Women In Film will be presenting "Stop By. Shoot Film." Participants will talk with a top cinematographer, learn how to use a 16mm camera and film, then shoot their own scene. The program is offered to WIF members for $25. There's no better time to become a member of WIF Rochester. Fee for non-members is $35. Space is limited, so please contact WIF Rochester to sign up.
To visit the Women In Film Rochester Chapter website, click here.
2007 Latina New Filmmaker Grant winners announced
The 2007 Latina New Filmmaker Grant competition (administered by New York Women In Film and Television) has concluded and five talented
filmmakers have been selected by a group of entertainment industry
leaders to receive a full-immersion in the business of filmmaking. Congratulations to Xochiti Gonzalez, Sarah Duran, Brenda Zuniga from Los Angeles, Michelle Malley-Campos from Puerto Rico, and Erika Bagnarello from Costa Rica.
New York Women In Film and Television celebrating its 30th Anniversary
New York Women In Film and Television is celebrating its 30th Anniversary. Some of the events scheduled include
Who Moved the Glass Ceiling, a panel to include a variety of top women leaders in the entertainment business, like actress Estelle Parsons and Cheri Kaufman, co-owner and Exec. V.P. of New York's landmark Kaufman Astoria Studios. Also check out the
NYWIFT Festival of Short Films, wherein 30 years of work from NYWIFT members and NYWIFT grant and scholarship recipients will be showcased. Please visit New York Women In Film and Television to learn more about these and other events happening into 2008.
Women In Film Las Vegas - Upcoming Seminar and Workshop:
Women In Film Las Vegas is holding a TV & Makeup Artistry Training seminar at DreamVision Studios. The seminar will run through April 30, 2008 Las Vegas is also holding Steadicam® Workshops at DreamVision Studios, January 12-13, 2008. DreamVision Studios is a 50,000 square-foot, $10M production and studio facility located in the heart of Las Vegas. For a map/driving directions, click here. For more information on these events, please check the 2008 events calendar on the WIFLV site by clicking here.
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Since its announcement in January 2005, the Women In Film/General Motors Alliance has been helping 20 Women In Film chapters nationwide to achieve shared goals that once seemed out of reach. The Alliance's diverse programs support education, networking and mentorship opportunities.
Check out a couple of our latest successful events, the WIFT 2007 International Summit, and the 10th Annual Women In Film Malibu Celebrity Golf Tournament.
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Congratulations!
Women In Film proudly congratulates filmmaker Cynthia Wade and her producer Vanessa Roth on winning the Academy Award for Best Documentary Short Subject for
Freeheld, which was finished through the Women In Film Foundation's Film Finishing Fund. Read an interview with Cynthia in this issue of
Traction.
Congratulations!
...to Margaret Brown, recipient of the 2006 Acceleration Grant for Emerging Filmmakers, whose documentary, "The Order of Myths" is in Documentary Competition at Sundance this year.
Congratulations!
...to 2007 WIFGM Emerging Filmmaker Grant winner Julia Kots. [Show/Hide Details]
Her short film, New Business, has been accepted into the
Slamdance competition at Park City. The festival runs January 18 through January 24, 2008. Read more about Julia here
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2007 Scholarship Recipients:
Women in Film Dallas has announced their two 2007 Scholarship Recipients,
Shari DeVore and Elizabeth Daggett. You can read more about them
here.
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Applications are no longer being accepted for the two immersion grants. Winners of the 2007 Latina New Filmmaker Grant: Opening Doors/Abriendo Puertas have been announced and will take place in New York and at the Hampton Film Festival; winners of the 2007 Acceleration Grant for Emerging Filmmakers will be announced in early October and take place in Los
Angeles during the American Film Market. Watch here for more news about the grants and about the Film Finishing Fund.
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In 2007, seven talented women were selected as winners.
This year, ten finalists were chosen from a field of 125 applicants from 21 states and six foreign countries. Check them out here.
This year 9 films have been chosen for
this special fund which restores and
preserves important films in which women
have played significant creative roles.
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